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Cryptographic tokens: three categories of personal property?

19 March 2024 / Author(s): Lodewijk van Setten
Issue: February 2023 / Categories: Feature

In this article Lodewijk Van Setten questions the recommendation by the Law Commission in its recent Digital Assets Consultation Paper for a third category of personal property under English law called “data objects”. He suggests that the reconceptualization of the concept of property is not necessary and recommends a more constrained approach.

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